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Schur indices for noncommutative reality-based algebras with two nonreal basis elements

Rings and Algebras 2020-05-05 v3 Combinatorics

Abstract

This article discusses the representation theory of noncommutative algebras reality-based algebras with positive degree map over their field of definition. When the standard basis contains exactly two nonreal elements, the main result expresses the noncommutative simple component as a generalized quaternion algebra over its field of definition. The field of real numbers will always be a splitting field for this algebra, but there are noncommutative table algebras of dimension 66 with rational field of definition for which it is a division algebra. The approach has other applications, one of which shows noncommutative association scheme of rank 77 must have at least three symmetric relations.

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@article{arxiv.1905.00445,
  title  = {Schur indices for noncommutative reality-based algebras with two nonreal basis elements},
  author = {Allen Herman},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1905.00445},
  year   = {2020}
}

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